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New York Mail and Express The sala ries paid some choir singers are ridiculous
 ly small. The average of all the salaries paid Ill New York per annum, would prob ably fall below $40O. Of course there are some who receive much more than thai amount, but there are many who receive much less. Sopranos and tenors are paid larger sums than bassos and altos. A good soprano can command salary rang ing from $400 upwards. The highest salary probably ever offered choir singer in New York was that rendered Miss Emma ThuEsby, by the vestry of St. Bartholomew s church, which was $1O, 900. She, how ever, declined the offer, on the ground that her concert. tours, from which she realized a much larger amount than that would be interferred with. Dr.Armitage's church, renowned for it's good music, a few years ago appropriated $5O0O for it's quartet choir and organist. Two years ago it re- duced the appropriation one-half. Mr. King, the tenor, being the only one of the old choir retained and he received the lions share of that amount. There are bassos now singing in in some of the prom lnent choirs who recieve only $200 year. while there are many altos, who, if out of a position, are glad to accept almost any salary. Tenors, even the most mediocre. are in demand, and receive pretty much their own price for their services.
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OR TONS OF GOOD HAY for sale.
 nll4w soLYMAN TAYLOR, wnington

"ANTED-A good man to work by the day w or month. Man with family preferred Rent provided. O. H. BRADWAY, near State Line.
 M0neon. Mnaa.
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FBoA January tlss7, this paper and the Connect icut Courant weekly, are furnished together for $225 payable at this onaee in advance.
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Scribner's for April contains the first batch of Thackeray's s unpublished letters, with portraits and illustrations chiefly from Thackeray's own sketches. The letters, which are arranged chronologically, num- Der about twenty, and were written be- tween 1847 and 1849, many of them from the continental capitals. They are in tensely characteristic of Thackeray, per vaded by his peculiar humor, and full of references to his own works and fictitious creation. "The story of New York House, ''Seth's Brothers Wife, " and oth- CT serials are continued and many other articles, with many illustrations are given as usual. $3 year, Charles Scrlbner's Sons, New York.
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Stafford Springs, 21st, daughter to Louis N. Carrivo. s taaF
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MARSDALE & CONVERSE. 4x1 Practical House Painters and Paper Hangers Stafford Springs Conn. Ordera solicited. Prompt attention and reasonable prices. @l@
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The tronhla hatwaan Hiran -lodoa of

The trouble between Hiram lodge of Masons at New Haven and the Oonnecti- cut grand lodge is developing into bitter feud. Notice was served on Hiram as lodge and on or 10 members as inaf9ld. fual Masons. summoning them to appear before the grand officers at Hartford April 20, and show cause why the charter of Hit ram lodge should notebe revoked and her members expelled from the order. The charges against the individual members are for various offenses; against the secre- f tary for refusing to turn over his books, and for writing adisrespectful letter to the grand master against the committee of Hiram appointed to fight the grand lodge for conspiracy against the grand lodge i; and against the officers of Hiram for occu- pying thelr chairs and working contrary to the instructions of the grand lodge. The officers of Hiram lodge state that they shall ignore the summons of the grand lodge and withdraw from that body, that they will continue to tsnnake" Masons at greatly reduced fees, and proceed 10 the organization of all independent grand lodge under their ancient charter, and in- vite all the lodges of the state to join it.
 Oyster planting, is one of the greatest of Connecticut industries. Where growers
 
 ble, too. But that danger is only occa- sional just as canker worms in the apple trees, or the potato rot. The delicious qualities of Long Island Sound oysters, grown under the best system of cultiva- tion, and in the pure waters of our inland sea, are not only welcomed by American palates. but are fast winning favor over in Europe, whose waters cannot, or at least do not, yield oysters equal in size or flavor to those of American growth. Thousands of barrels are shipped to Europe every month by the fast steamers, and at prices which pay very handsomely. The stock is selected, carefully packed, and, for the English trade at least, small round oysters are preferred, somewhat of the size which grow in English waters, but far superior in flavor. The English oyster usually has a coppery, and, to Americans, a very disa- greeable flavor. N% *s 1ig. @@s
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 TIE Globe Tea Company came into New Haven with great flourish of trumpets the other day and solicited trade by offering jew elry, etc. flor prizes. The New Haven merch- ants invoked the aid of the authorities, and after failing in bluff game and making g good deal of talk about testing the constitu- tionality of the law, the tea company aban- doned the fight Monday and lefttown. Thus is the lottery business being gradually out lawed in Connecticut, and in time will become too disreputable even for association with church fairs, or to induce Connecticut news papers to advertise them in violation of state law. 1-t
 PUBLIC opinion isn't at all severe on young Hart, out in Nebraska, who in the court room shet Dr. Randall, the scoundrel who had out ragged Hart's little sister. Hart's father sprang forward and gave the wretch couple of wig orous kicks, to make sure he was finished :; then he and his son coolly walked out of the room, everybody naturally justifying the shooting. Randalrs wife, who assisted at the crime by holding the ohild's hands, es- caped from the courtroom under strong guard, and having disguised herself in male apparel, escaped from town. Randall and his wife had made business of debauching young girls and turning them over to keepers of places of prostitution.
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NHE annual meeting of the Stafford Springs A Cemetery Association will be held at Borough Ha on Monday evening, March 28th, at K o'clock.
 '' w. D. HEALD, Secretary,
 Stafford Springs, Conn., March 24, 1887. 3
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

A rnr at Cary Station, MoHenry Co.,
H., Monday morning, destroyed one-hGlf
of the town.
By the burning of their dwelling at
Wausau, Wis, on Saturday, Mr.. Honickle
and his FIVE children lost their lives.
FoUB men we're killed Tuesday evening
near Harrisburg, Pa, by the caving IN of
an excavation in a stone quarry.
One man was killed and five others
were burned by the explosion of a blast
on railroad near Dodgeville, Wis.
A NUMBER of vessels are reported to
have been driven ashore by heavy storms
OFF the Massachusetts coast
NINE buildings we're burned at Aiken,
S. g., Wednesday morning. The insur-
ance aggregates S25,0oo, aud the losses
$4,000.
By a collision between two freight
trains on the Lake Shore road at GFos-
vernon, Michigan, two ren were badly in
jured.
An explosion OF gasoline lamps in The
storage house of the Edison Electric
Light Company, at Philadelphia, burned
fourteen men, some of whom are not ex-
pected TO live.
rur Mansion house at Andover, Mass,
was burned this morning. IL was built
over 100 years ago and has been used rs
a hotel ever since. Loss $4,000. The
fire was thought to be incendiary.
W. W. CAMuRoN's elevator at Mason
City, Iowa the warehouse, engiue-room,
Office and 1890 bushels of grain we're con
sumed by fire early Tuesday morning
The loss will reach $4,000.
Tux residence of the HcA. VIM. Chris
man, at independence, NO, was burned
Monday morning creating loss of $40,
600, partly insured.
Ar Mound City, southern Illinois, Mon
day, fire destroyed twenty-five buildings
including two hotels and State Senator
Dan Hogans residence.
THRKE children OF dr. and Mrs. G. Q
White. OF Morrison, III, were drowned
Saturday, in Rock creek. They were
playing with their sleds upon the ice, thu
youngest one broke through, and the 9th
ers persisted in trying to rescue him
Blown, WooD i k1SGMAN, dry-gooai
firm doing business in New York, Boston
Philadelphia and Chicago, has gone int'
liquidation. The house did business Q
100000 a year, and claims that 81
debts will be paid in full
GucKERr j. Co.'S cabinet shop at Pitts
burg was destroyed BY fire Monday after
noon, causing loss OF $4,000, VIII
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
WASHINGTON.

Mn. CARLISLE Expresses the opinion
that congress viii not conclude its SEES
sion before August.
INTERVIEWS with a long list Of congress
men and politicians ON the place for
holding the republican national oonven-
ton result in the expression OF decided
preferences for Chicago.
THE financial statements of the treas
ury which meet the 50th congress on its
assembling show that for the first five
months of the current fiscal year the re-
ceipts of the government have been more
than $l1000,000 in excess of the receipts
during tse corresponding five months OF
the corresponding year.
ACTING Commissioner Henderson, OF
the internal revenue bureau, has issued a
circular to collectors directing that sam
pies of substances suspected of being
oleomargarine be sent TO "Louis c. Star.
KEEL, M. D., analytical chemist, interal rev
enue Office, Chicago, Ill"
The President on Tuesday appointed
George w. Parks, of Salt Lake City, to
be Receiver of Public Moneys at Salt
Lake City, Utah, vice II. G. Wallace, re
signed, and Tom Wall, of Oshkosh, Wis.
to be special agent to make allotment OF
lands to Indians in severalty.
1Hg first contest in the Senate will be
over the confirmation of the so-called
Fishery Commissioners. Senators OF
both parties are preparing for this con
test, the calculation beng that it viii be
one OF the most interesting that has oc-
CURED in the Senate fo7 many years.
TnE women clerks il the departments
are in state of Indignation over an in
terview with Mr.. Oberly, published in a
New York paper. In the publication nc
name was mentioned-the person inter
viewed was simply referred to as civil.
service commissioner but the culprlt
was Mr.. 0berly, and the subject was the
preference officials have for mon over
women clerks.
THE revenues of the government from
all sources during the month of Novem
Der amounted TO about $50, 600, being
an average of little more than s 200,
600 day. The disbursements during the
month were unusually heavy, and nearly
equaled the receipts. over $lS,00O,00C
was paid out on account of pensions. II
is estiu ated at the treasury department
that there has been an increase of nearly
a million dollars in the public debt dur
ing November
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-F1our- Firmer; holders
asking an advance Of 5Gl10c over former prices.
Wheat-active; the action Of the market gener-
ally was g surprise to operators. 1t opened
at about yesterday close; luctuated and closed
5sc highes; 1914 for seller CASH 1884 for seller
January; S5l5 for seller May, Corn-Another
day of excitement and stronger feeling was wit
uessedin this market; opened nervous and IN
settled ss024c over yesterdays closing ad-
yaneed with light fluctuations and closed 1Js9 1Ac
above yesterdays 49 for seller cash. 1895 for
seller January; 81 9-1S for seller May Oats
Active and influenced by buoyancy of other
markets; as compared with yesterdays close
prices were 10 1sc higher; 30 for seller January
e94 for seller February; 1915 for seller May.
Rye-Fim at IS. Barley-Nominal prices
Prime tmothy-2 aOGS.3t. Flax seed-1 %.
Whisky Rork-Active and unsettled;
bA7216 for seller January Lard-Fairly active
and unsettled; 7971s for seller cash; IS for
selel January; 7s5 for seller May, Shoulders
- 7Oa5s5. short clear, S051s.l0 short ribs,
! 1924 for seller January. Butter Quiet; cream
| cry, 23Gso; dairy, 2a925. Cheese, eggs, ALaea
and tallow-U Unchanged.
| Fiour-Receipus, 81 600, shipments, a. o.
! Wheat Receipts, as 900; shipments, Is 00a
Corn-Receipts, III coo; shipments, $1,000
| Oats-Becelpls, 90, 90; shipments, 9l.H0
| Rye-Rece pts, . 600, shipueots, 1909
| hardy Sece,pts. G0OO0 stipm-nes. 2S.ooo.
CeIoAeo, Dec, d. Cattle-Recaip's 5000,
q M fancy, 525@515; shipping steers, 2.759
1 500; stoekers and feeders, 1.5503OO; COWS
bulls and mixed, 110a2so; through Texas
cattle, ! 75G8.00; western rangers, so1as5.
Hogs-Receipts, $1,000; active; h., zoe higher J..
156aOe higher; mixed, 9085.40; heavy, 5t5G
5 65; light, 4 sod5 80; skips S50G4.70. Sheer
( Receipts, 1000; steady; natives, 275Q4.15
western 3o0as so; Texans 225GS50; lamos
/ s.75G5 80.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
CRIME.

"BLNKY" MORGAN, convicted of the
murder of Detective Halligan at the time
of the rescue OF McMuIn, wss sentenced
at Lavenua, Ohio, Wednesday, to be
hanged Marched 16, 1888. An appeal
will be taken.
CHRIS p PEN8EL, leading German
and ex councilman of Logansport, Ind,
fatally beat his wife with water pitcher
Sunday night. IL is thought he is insane.
He was hard dr.nker.
AT Redwood City, Cal, Tuesday, II. S.
Smith, editor of local paper, was fatal
~ shot by DR.. l.. E. Powell, whom Smith
charged with defrauding widow. Pow
ell is said to be brother of the late
democratic eubernetorial candidate in
Ohio.
DIR, CHARLES Bradley, of Chicago, a
victim OF morphine, was arrested at New
York, Tuesday, for victimizing physl-
clans by obtaining hypodermic syringes
and solutions of morphine on forged let
tiers.
TUESDAY night the jury at New York in
Che case of Johann Most, charged with
making an iucendiary speech, returned
verdict of guilty, Notwithstanding that
the judges charge was in favor of the
accused,
JosEpn LAwrLLER, forger; Jos. Hosch,
murderer, and John Jennings, charged
with deadly assault, sawed out OF the
Lowviue Lewis county n. " jan, sat
urday night. No trace of them has been
secured.
REPRESENTATIVE Cox, of New York, Is
reported as saying TO an interviewer
"ff YOU want to know what is going TO be
done about the tariff ask somebody else
foyI have not the slightest idea"
Two gentlemen will appear on Monday
night for the seat of Senator Camden, oil
West Virginia. Both are democrats, sc
there is no politics in their rivalry.
SEyaRA1 good chairmanships of senate
committees are now open to assignment
and the republican senators Will prohaoiy
hold q caucus for their arrangement soon
after Monday.
The president has appointed James 3
Chess, Of Indiana, TO be U. ;. consul
Durango, Mexico, and Allen ID. Norma
to be postmaster at San Diago, Ga.
Ina riot between the notorious "Ovl'
gonp and a number of Italians at Pitts
| burg Thursday, two men were shot anS
twelve or fifteen wounded, but rome re
ceived fatal injuries. Pistols, knives an'
rocks we're used by the combatants.
JAMES YANoY, of Scott county, Arkansas
ran away with his employers wife to In
dian Territory. The couple was over
taken by the i-ste husband, and a hsh
took pl5se, ir which both men were NOR
tally wounded.
TRAMP nGued 0'Brisu, who was I'm
/ prisoueG ~ Alamosa, Colorado, for
criminal assault upon young woman o
that city, was taken from jail Aednesda.
night and lynohed.
An attempt will be made in New lorl
\ To have Ives and Stayner, indicted on W
ground that they converted to their o"l
use about 100000 worth Of rallrosd se
curities whlch they controlled.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
DIR. GATLlNG'S NEW GUN
A Weapon for Public Use That Would Deci
mate Mob in Two Minutes

A Weapon for Public Use That Would Deci-
mate Mob in Two Minutes
DIR. R. j. Calling, the inventor of the
famous gun which bears his name, has
invented another instrument of destruc-
tion which he calls the "police gun" II
was on exhibition Friday at No. ID Maid
en- lane says The New York Tribune, and
an interested group of army officers and
newspaper men studied its meehan-
ism and listened to the inventors ex-
PLANTATION of its virtues, y Is brass
gun, weighing rs pounds, and is mounted
on tripod, the whole arrangement
weighing only 149 pounds. IL is capable
of firing 1000 shots minute.
The general working principle of the
gun is the same as that of the gun which
bears DR.. Cuttings name and is SO widely
known. The improvement is in the
method of feeding. In the police gun a
magazine, holding GO cartridges and look
ing like the hopper of oorn-sheller, is
set up on end at d right angle on the top
of the brass barrel. The turning of the
handle by the cannoneer drops the car
tridges into six revolving barrels within
the cannon.
As the barrels reyolve lock with a
spiral spring catches each cartridge and
q small needle in the lock strikes the per-
cussion cap, exploding it. The next in
slant an extractor catches the empty
shell, and following a spiral groove, it is
dislodged from the gun. When one
magazine Is empty another stands ready
to take its place. AS the empty shells
fall in stream from the orifice, it looks
for all tho world like country corn-shel-
Ter with the denuded cObs dropping to
the floor as the farm hand turns the
crank. BY long lever the cannoneer
can with his left hand change the range
of the gun, shoot UP or down or sideways,
while with the night hand he turns the
crank that puts the stream of cartridges
in motion.
eve can clear the street of q mob and
housetops rs WE'LL" said DR., Calling, a
peaceful looking old gentleman, with
spectaces and snowy beard. "The gun
will kill man q mile off, though one
thousand yards is the best range. We
don't want to see our cities overrun by q
mob as was Pittsburgh. Why, no man
would stand in range of that gun. If he
he did he would be foolish, to say the
least"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

To say that our civilization is in it's
foundations an industrial ore is tanta-
mount to saying that security of life and
property and the conservation of social
order are now, even more than in other
stages of the progress of the race, the
primo requisites of advance or even Of
tolerabla existence. In this view, of
course, there can be no enemies of society
80 dangerous rs those who plant them
selves upon the baneful and abhorrent
doctrine of anarehy-the doctrine which
bases itself upon the negation of all law.
These people form a class with which so
oiety can find no modus vIJendi. The
euocess of their doctrines would destroy
society the victory of society means the
humiliation of their doctrines When
as in the case OF the unhappy men who
paid the penalty of their crimes at Chi
sago their principles of autagoEism TO
social order find issue in overt acts, the
time is at hand for swift and stern re-
preston. Considerations su3h as these
illustrate the importance and the necessi-
ty of such a solemn assertion of the su-
premacy of the law as was made in the ex-
ecution of the anarchists. These consi6-
erstions should not be lost sight of by
American workingmen who should be
quick to repudate the connection which
the followers Of the red flag have sought
to establish between labor and anarchy
The working classes have, man for man,
more to lose and lass to gain through so
cial and iLdustrial disturbance than any
other portion of the people.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN NAVAL WARFARE
New Use for lneandescent Lamps in 1he
Discovery of Submarine Mines

New Use for lncandescenr Lamps in 1he
Discovery of submarine Mines
The experiments with the ineandesoent
electric hgh which have been made at
the torpedo station at Newport have
developed a novel use for the LITTLE lamps,
and enc that is SAID to promise to be of
great value in naval warfare. With lamps
of about 100-caudle power fastened on
the ends of poles submerged in the sea
so a depth of twenty feet, the water Is so
Illuminated that obiec in ~ can be dis
tinguished within radius of $50 feet
There is little or no glare from the sub
merged light to betray the presence OF
the boat using the spars. 1t is believed
that by this msans boat might counter
miae an enemy's field of submarine mines
by cutting their cables or sweeping thers
to one side. tits probable that torpedo
launches will be equipped with these
lights in future.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08
FOREIGN.

The Belgian government is about to
purchase the Great Central railway.
NJ. FERRY is looked upon as the prob
able successor of President Grew.
PRESIDENT GREvY will send his resig
nation to the Chamber of Deupties on
Thursday.
The latest news from Samoa is that the
Germans are preparing to establish an
absolute sovereignty over the island.
The Russian editors have been instrnc
Ted by the press censor TO adopt a moder
ate tone regarding Germany.
ONE of the largest dry goods houses of
Canada-John b. Laing & Co, OF London,
Ontario-has failed; liabilities, 100000.
THE commanders of the different
French army corps have received instruc-
tions which they are to open ia the event
of an outbreak following the election of
a new president.
The radical journals energetically OPP
pose M. Ferry AZ a candidate for the
Presidency, and ac'use him of bribery
and corruption IN the administration OF
affairs in Tunis and Tonquin.
DERoULEDE declares that he will con.
vert the Patriotic League into revolu
tionary society if Nj. Ferry is eleci ed
president of France.
ApvIoEs received state that two Local
Russian steamers, the Sineus and the
Yesta, came into collision, off the Crimean
coast, and the Vista was sunk and thirty
five of her crews drowned.
President Grevy Thursday forenoon
informed the Ministerial Council that, in
view of the change in the situation, he
didnot propose to make a communication
to Parliament to day.
The ministry asked the car whether
in view of the political situation, it will
be desirable to hold an educational con
gress in 1888 or postpone it to 1890
The czar replied that it oopld be held
next year, as the political outlook was
satisfactory, and there was no fear OF
further complications.
A BoooTA Omitted States of Colombia
paper states that thousands of Col
ombians in certain districts are annually
stolen and sold in to slavery of the vilest
char acter, and that sometimes combats
take place among the kidnappers and the
natives IN Wnicn numerous are siam, anu
their bodies left unburied.
SCHOOL in an Interior village of Rus
STA was destroyed by fire. OF the large
number of girls sleeping on the upper
floors twenty-four escaped by jumping
from the windows but sixteen Others who
we've afraid to jump were burned to
death. The boys sleeping on the ground
floor escaped.
The Germans are pnrsuing policy IN
Samoa which could not be more tyranni-
cal If Bismarck were present in person to
enforce it. They have levied tux which
the natives will have to raise by mortgag-
ing their lands and crops to German
traders, and are making themselver gen
orally obnoxious.
THE Berlin correspondent of the Jourh-
nj des Debats announces that the negotl-
atoms between England and the parties
to the triple alliance relative TO eventual
participation of England in defense of
the balance of power on the Mediterran-
can are almost complete. They refer es-
recially to cases in which the integrity
of Turkey might be menaced.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-12-08

The negro Hudson. who caused the de-
structive fire at Mound City, ILL.,, last
Monday, has implicated Mrs. Lawler, for.
merly Iandledy of the house in which the
fire started, stating that she gave him $l5
to set the fire. Mrs. Lawler, who denies
the negro's story, has been placed under
arrest.
WHILE sitting at window in a house
at Turner's Falls, Mass, Tuesday night,
David Randall, a fruit farmer, was shot
dead His son, aged II, has been arrest
ed for the crime on sus picion, being
fearful, as Is stated, that his father would
bequeath the $4,000 insurance on his
life to his (the prisoner's) sister.